Risk Communication A Mental Models Approach

Name: Risk Communication A Mental Models Approach
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ISBN: 9780521002561

ISBN-10: 0521002567

ISBN-13: 9780521002561

Edition: 2002

Authors: M. Granger Morgan, Cynthia J. Atman, Ann Bostrom, Baruch Fischhoff

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This text provides a systematic approach for risk communicators and technical experts, hoping to serve the public by providing information about risks, using the Carnegie Mellon mental model method.

Book details

List price: $62.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 366
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Baruch Fischhoff is Howard Heinz University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Department of Engineering and Public Policy.




Introduction



The Carnegie Mellon mental models approach



Creating an expert model of the risk



Mental model interviews



Confirmatory questionnaires



Development and evaluation of communications



Case studies: applications to environmental risks



A mental models approach to HIV/AIDS



Some concluding remarks


Appendices